By Rev. M.J. Divine, Riverhead, L.I., N.Y., Suffolk County Jail, June 20, 1932, about 2:50 P.M. "While Sitting in My Cell-- [caption title]
[N.p.]: 1932. Broadside, 9 x 6.25 inches. Minor wear. Father Divine was the most prominent black religious cult leader of the 1930s, believed to be a divine messenger, the messiah, or God himself by tens of thousands of African-Americans and middle-class whites during the Great Depression. In November 1931, Divine..... More